Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Domagk
Born	Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (1895-10-30)30 October 1895 Lagow, Brandenburg (now Poland)
Died	24 April 1964(1964-04-24) (aged 68) Burgberg
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Kiel
Known for	Development of sulfonamides [1] such as Prontosil
Spouse	Gertrud Strube
Children	One daughter and three sons
Awards	Nobel Prize in Medicine (1939) Fellow of the Royal Society (1959)
Scientific career
Fields	Bacteriology

Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (October 30 1895 – April 24 1964) was a German doctor.^[2] He won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discovering the antibacterial effect of protonsil.^[3]

1. ↑ Otten, H. (1986). "Domagk and the development of the sulphonamides". The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 17 (6): 689–696. doi:10.1093/jac/17.6.689. PMID 3525495.
2. ↑ "Biography of Gerhard Domagk". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
3. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-12-21.